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Parkville Bartender Stirred, Not Shaken by $40,044 Racetrax Win

August 17, 2023
Wins Racetrax prize on first wager placed There’s a first time for everything – including winning a big Lottery prize. A Parkville bartender discovered this first-hand while trying the Lottery’s Racetrax game for the first time, winning a $40,044 prize. The 22-year-old bartender told Lottery officials that he was hanging out with a friend at [...]

Jackpot Fever Overcomes Pick 4 Player

August 17, 2023
Baltimore woman wins $40,000 Mega Millions prize She’s a daily Pick 4 player, a Baltimore woman told Lottery officials on Tuesday when she arrived at headquarters to claim a prize she won three weeks ago. Surprisingly, though, it wasn’t her favorite game that brought about her visit. It seems the recent billion-dollar Mega Millions jackpot [...]

Eighty-eight-year-old Man Wins $100,000 on Pick 5

August 16, 2023
Baltimore man still working and does not plan to retire An 88-year-old Baltimore man says he enjoys every day, and life just got a little better after winning $100,000 on Pick 5. The lucky winner has been playing variations of his birthday with Pick 3 and Pick 4 for years. He started playing Pick 5 when [...]

Husband Gives Wife Bonus Match 5 Winning Numbers

August 15, 2023
Edgewood woman takes home $50,000 prize A Harford County woman is extremely grateful today after visiting Lottery headquarters in Baltimore to claim a $50,000 Bonus Match 5 prize. The fortunate lady’s husband randomly chose the lucky numbers that led to her big win. The 60-year-old grandmother is a Bonus Match 5 fan and plays often. [...]

Waldorf Man Wins $840,000 Multi-Match Jackpot

August 15, 2023
Winner knew ticket was sold at nearby location but delayed checking ticket A Waldorf man and his wife knew a Multi-Match ticket worth $840,000 was sold at a store near their home, and that he buys Maryland Lottery tickets there. Despite his wife urging him to check the ticket, he waited. When he finally checked, [...]

The Week in Winners: Lottery Makes Millionaire in Oxon Hill; $750K In Pick 5 Sold in Fort Washington

August 14, 2023
Players across the state won more than $32.6 million in Lottery prizes during week ending Aug. 13 A Maryland Lottery scratch-off player in Oxon Hill claimed a $1 million prize, a Multi-Match player in Waldorf who won $840,000 has not claimed the prize yet, and 15 winning $1 Pick 5 tickets worth a total of [...]

Lottery, Casinos, Sports Wagering Contribute $1.589 Billion to the State in FY2023

August 14, 2023
Maryland Lottery and Gaming reports strong fiscal year contributions to vital state programs The Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency helped to generate $1.589 billion in contributions to the state during Fiscal Year 2023 from Lottery ticket sales, the state’s six casinos, sports wagering and daily fantasy sports. In FY2023 (July 1, 2022 through June [...]

Bowie Woman Fills up Tank and Pockets

August 11, 2023
Claims $100,000 prize on the Maryland Riches scratch-off A 70-year-old Prince George’s County woman scratched her way to a $100,000 top-prize win playing the Maryland Riches scratch-off game. The lucky lady was filling her car up with gas a few weeks ago, when she decided to purchase a Lottery ticket. The winner, who doesn’t play [...]

Montgomery County Player Claims $4 Million Mega Millions Prize

August 11, 2023
‘Proud Marylander’ looking forward to retirement The largest of the Mega Millions prizes won in Maryland during the recent billion-dollar run – a $4 million second-tier hit – was claimed Aug. 11 by a player from Montgomery County. The player, for whom anonymity is a high priority, self-identified as a “Proud Marylander,” who is on [...]

$840,000 Multi-Match Winning Ticket Sold in Waldorf

August 11, 2023
Charles County store sells game’s fifth jackpot of 2023 A Maryland Lottery player is waking up a little happier today. An $840,000 jackpot-winning Multi-Match ticket was sold in Waldorf for the Thursday, Aug. 10, drawing. The winner can choose between the annuity, paid in 25 equal installments, or an estimated $530,000 cash option (before taxes). [...]